Eyelet-machine



H. LpLIPMAN. SELF FEEDING EYELET MACHINE.

, Patented July 11, 1854.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HYMEN L. LIPMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYELET-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,260, dated July 11, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMEN L. LIPMAN, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Eyelet-Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, and which represents a perspective view of the entiremachine.

The nature of my invention relates to the combining with the fasteningapparatus of an eyelet machine, a self feeder, which will carry theeyelets from a reservoir underneath the fastener.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describethe same with reference to the drawmg.

The stock A, may be cast in one piece, of any suitable form of material,and is provided with a punch B, and fastener C, both of which may beoperated by a double acting lever D, the one rising as the other isforced down. The shanks of the punch and fastener are surrounded withhelical springs, so asto keep their tops in contact with the lever D,and each are respectively furnished.

with their counter dies or anvils b, 0.

On the table E, or on the stock itself, may

be arranged the ways F, in which slides or moves a forked carryingarm G,towhich is attached a cord at, and weight H, for drawing it back, itsforward motion being achieved by means hereafter described.

A reservoir or receptacle I, for holding.

the eyelets attached to the machine and supported by the arm J. A stemor wire d, on which the' eyelets are threaded passes through the centerofsaid reservoir, and as the eyeletsare successively carried forward tothe fastener 0, they descend along said. rod or wire cl so that at oneeyelet is always ready to be caught between the jaws e e of the caryingarm G, and transferred under the fastener.

The eyelets f on the stem (a portion of the tube or reservoir beingbroken away to show their position) set one within the other, this beingdue to their form, and it is obvious that a mere pushin arm would notseparate them. To meet thls difficulty the jaws e, e, have inclinedplanes on their upper sides, so that while they catch the lower eyelet,they at the same time raise up the balance of the column of eyelets, soas to release the under one. The bottom of the tube is just near enoughto the slide to allow the slide to move, but prevent the eyelets fromdropping out.

A lever arm K, is connected with the lever D, so as to be operated byit, and to this lever arm is connected a cord g, which is fastened to aneye h, on the slide Gr. Vhen the lever D, is thrown to the left it drawsthe slide forward under the fastener with its eyelot, and when the leveris swung the other way the weight H, draws back the slide, it havingleft the eyelet directly under the fastener. The paper,leather orwhatever is be furnished with the eyelets is placed with the holepreviously punched in it over the eyelet, the lever brought down, andthe material is forced over the eyelet, and the flange turned over ontop of the eyelet, and

the whole secured.

Now it is obvious that modifications of this machine may be made withoutin the least changing its character or principle. A spring may be usedinstead of the weight,

the lever D, may be of different form, and

operated by foot treadles from below, or by a yoke on top. The punchingmay alsobe done by a separate machine if found essential, andadjustments and stops be added, for making the machine very exact in allits movements. All these will suggest themselves to any skillfulmechanic without requiring invention, and I desire to protect myinventionagainst the more changes of parts, that will accomplish thesame results, by substantially the same means.

Having thus fully described the nature of. my invention and shown howthe same may be practically applied, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In combination with a fastener C, and a reservoir of eyelets I, theconveying apparatus for carrying the eyelet from one to the other, madeand operated substantially in the manner herein described.

2. I also claim the threading of the eye lets upon a rod or stem fromwhich they may be delivered one at a time to the carrying apparatussubstantially as described.

HYMEN L. LIPMAN.

IVitnesses:

A. B. SToUoI-rroN, TI-IOS H. UPPERMAN.

